Li ION RECOVERY MEMBER AND Li RECOVERY DEVICE USING SAME

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023183876-A1
Application number	US-202117995663-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 9, 2021
Priority date	Apr 10, 2020
Publication date	Jun 15, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A Li ion recovery member and a Li recovery device may prevent occurrence of breakage of a permselective membrane and implement stable Li ion recovery for a long period of time even when a size of a Li recovery device is increased. The Li ion recovery member may include: a permselective membrane including a Li ion conductor made of an inorganic substance; electrodes; and a reticular elastic body, in which the electrodes are provided on at least one main surface side of the permselective membrane, at least one electrode of the electrodes is a porous electrode or a membrane electrode, and the porous electrode or the membrane electrode is sandwiched between the reticular elastic body and the permselective membrane. The Li recovery device may include a Li ion recovery electrolytic cell including the Li ion recovery member and configured to recover Li ions by electrodialysis.

First claim

1 . A Li ion recovery member, comprising:
a permselective membrane including a Li ion conductor made of an inorganic substance; electrodes; and a reticular elastic body, wherein the electrodes are provided on at least one main surface side of the permselective membrane, wherein at least one of the electrodes is a porous electrode or a membrane electrode, wherein the reticular elastic body has insulating properties, and wherein the porous electrode or the membrane electrode is sandwiched between the reticular elastic body and the permselective membrane.

2 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 1 , wherein the porous electrode or the membrane electrode is provided on both main surface sides of the permselective membrane.

3 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 1 , further comprising:
an electrode made of a rigid conductive porous plate.

4 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 3 , wherein the porous electrode or the membrane electrode is provided on one main surface side of the permselective membrane, and the rigid conductive porous plate is provided on the other main surface of the permselective membrane.

5 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 3 , wherein the porous electrode or the membrane electrode and the rigid conductive porous plate are provided on one main surface side of the permselective membrane.

6 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 3 , wherein the porous electrode or the membrane electrode and the rigid conductive porous plate are provided on both main surface sides of the permselective membrane.

7 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 5 , wherein the rigid conductive porous plate is provided so as to sandwich the porous electrode or the membrane electrode and the reticular elastic body.

8 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 1 , wherein
the permselective membrane includes a plurality of permselective membrane units and an adhesive portion, which are disposed on a same plane, the adhesive portion is provided in a lattice shape or a honeycomb shape, and the plurality of permselective membrane units are disposed in regions partitioned by the adhesive portion and are bonded to one another by the adhesive portion.

9 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 8 , wherein the adhesive portion is provided with a current collector.

10 . The Li ion recovery member of claim 1 , wherein the Li ion conductor contains an oxide or oxynitride containing Li.

11 . A Li recovery device, comprising:
a Li ion recovery electrolytic cell including the Li ion recovery member of claim 1 and configured to recover Li ions by electrodialysis.

12 . The device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a plurality of the Li ion recovery members, wherein the plurality of Li ion recovery members are connected such that a main surface of the permselective membrane of one Li ion recovery member and a main surface of the permselective membrane of another Li ion recovery member face each other.

Assignees

• Idemitsu Kosan Co

Inventors

• Utsuno Futoshi
• Katsumata Satoshi
• Hoshino Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• C25B11/03

  perforated or foraminous · CPC title

• C25B9/23

  comprising ion-exchange membranes in or on which electrode material is embedded · CPC title

• C25B1/14

  Alkali metal compounds · CPC title

• C25B15/00

  Operating or servicing cells · CPC title

• C25C7/02

  Electrodes (consumable anodes for the refining the metals C25C1/00 - C25C5/00); Connections thereof · CPC title